miércoles, 29 de junio de 2005

[not] Funding boost for Indigenous e-learning

Issue 83

Almost $500,000 has been made available through the 2005 Australian Flexible Learning Framework’s Indigenous Engagement Project, to ensure the long-term sustainability of e-learning within Indigenous communities.

The Indigenous Engagement Project aims to build on the work already being carried out in Indigenous communities, and to further strengthen the role of local people and their communities to better access e-learning training opportunities that will increase employment outcomes.

The two successful training providers are TAFE New South Wales – North Coast Institute and The Open Learning Institute (OLI) of TAFE, Queensland. (leer más...)

lunes, 27 de junio de 2005

[not]Alpha e-Learning Programme Launched in Lagos. Ben Nwabuwe.Lagos

Alpha Learning Limited has launched an e-learning education programme designed to educate individuals, companies and co-rporate organisations on various development a resouces available on the global market to improve employees, output.

The NETg UK Channel Manager, Mr. Jeremie Ferre, speaking at the occasion, expressed his confidence that Alpha learning will promote e-learning in Nigeria, stating that the organisation has a lot of installation and courses that will fit the needs of the organisations in Nigeria, promising that his organisation will do their possible best to ensure the development of e-learning at a wider range in Nigeria.http://www.africacncl.org/CCA_Summits/2005_reg/step1.aspx

Ferre explained that the programme enable corporate organisations achieve success through people and maximize their profitability by providing the most effective management and organiszational training and development resources available on the global market. (leer más...)

[not] Call for nominations - World Summit award in Pakistan

Pakistan’s National Committee for the World Summit Award announces the launch of nation wide WSA Pakistan competition to recognize and award the best e-Content practices in Pakistan.

The World Summit Award in Pakistan is the first of its kind in the country, which emphasizes the importance of Content in bridging the digital divide. The main aim and purpose of organizing this competition is to recognize, encourage and further disseminate Pakistan’s best e-Content practices to bridge the information gap, break the information barrier and let the rest of the world know about Pakistani e-products.

If your product or services or projects are in the area of e-government, e-health, e-entertainment, e-culture, e-learning/education, e-business, e-science, and e-Inclusion, then you are eligible to participate in this competition. Please visit the Award website www.wsapakistan.net.pk. (leer más...)

lunes, 20 de junio de 2005

[emp]Hilton International wins Middle East e-learning award for GlobalEnglish online program

Hilton International, the world's leading hotel chain, has been selected for the Middle East Learning & Technology award, in the category of Most Creative Implementation of an e-learning Strategy, by GlobalEnglish Corporation, the leading online English learning and support service provider for business communication.United Arab Emirates: Thursday, June 16 - 2005 at 15:33 GMT+4David LeMan, Regional Director of Human Resources - Arabian Peninsula with Hilton Executives

'The success that Hilton International has achieved in improving the English communication skills of its front-line employees stands as an example for all global learning programs,' said Guy Epsom, Regional Sales and Marketing Director, Hilton International, Arabian Peninsula. 'The data on productivity improvements is impressive, but more importantly, Hilton International has been successful in developing a learning program that is aligned to a key business objective and fulfilment of its bran promise to deliver excellent customer service.' (leer más...)

[art] The Adoption of Open Sources within Higher Education In Europe and A Dissemination Case Study

Carlos MACHADOVrije Universiteit BrusselBrussels, BELGIUM

Dr. Karen THOMPSONUniversity of StrathclydeGlasgow, THE UNITED KINGDOM

INTRODUCTION

The opportunities that open-source software (OSS) or Free OSS (FOSS) has created for information and communication technologies (ICTs) are becoming widely recognised. The OSS trend has threatened to undermine the profits of a large section of the ICT industry. The amount of information available on the Internet is increasing at an exponential rate. At the same time networking, once the preserve of the military and later of scientists and technicians, has become the chosen means of interaction for a loose community of programmers. The Internet is no longer simply a library of information; it is also a vast forum for expression, a place where the philosophy of inclusion has created a space for itself.

The increase in interest in OSS is quite clearly linked to the inception and widespread adoption of the Internet as a virtual meeting placed. The ubiquitous communication infrastructure that the Internet provides inherently supports globally distributed product development. Consequently, the Internet was recognized at an early stage to be an enabling factor that allows companies to meet the challenges of developing software under tightening market conditions (Maurer and Kaiser, 1998; Maurer and Bellen, 1998). According to recent figures, the Internet is becoming increasingly dominated by OSS (see Wheeler, 2004). Leaving source code open has generated some of the most sophisticated developments in computer technology including, most notably, Linux and Apache, which pose a significant challenge to Microsoft within the software marketplace. As Weber (2004) observes, open source's success in a highly competitive industry has threatened many assumptions about how businesses are run, and how intellectual products are created and protected. (leer más...)

[not] Hibernia wins Pfizer e-learning contract

08.06.2005 - Pfizer medics and executives from 23 countries are to take a Master of Science Degree in Pharmaceutical Medicine course run by Dublin-based Hibernia College.The course syllabus has been developed by Hibernia College in collaboration with faculty at The Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) and at Harvard University. It has been accredited by the Higher Education and Training Awards Council of Ireland. Participants will already hold recognised third-level qualifications in relevant disciplines and the course will be delivered in a blended format combining the most modern forms of e-learning with onsite sessions at RCSI and Harvard.

Dr Honorio Silva, corporate vice-president of science and medical professional development at Pfizer, commented: “This is a unique initiative that will be implemented by Pfizer and Hibernia College on a global basis, with Ireland serving as the central hub for the technological and academic resources underlying the programme. This will strongly support the development of Pfizer’s expertise in the arena of pharmaceutical medicine. It will ultimately be opened generally to medical practitioners and the wider pharmaceutical industry on an international basis. (leer más...)

viernes, 10 de junio de 2005

[not] Experts make strong case for e-learning solns

A panel discussion organised by Ascendum saw experts emphasizing the need for Web based training for freshers.Wednesday, June 08, 2005

BANGALORE: The increased quantum of talent required by the IT companies has clearly made hiring freshers inevitable. However, companies have challenges post hiring as the time taken by an average fresher to start delivering on the job is anywhere between 6-18 months.

Further, the companies have to significantly invest in training. Highlighting this challenge in a workshop cum panel discussion organized by Ascendum Learning Solutions on "Enhancing Learning Experience in Software Engineering", K R V Subramanian, CEO, Ascendum said, "Even as institutions emphasize on imparting courses based on the industry's requirements, the mode of doing so is still largely traditional. This makes it less interactive and less engaging to the learner to absorb and retain the concepts, methods and techniques, leading to this skill gap.” (leer más...)

NS-eCMS is developing an open web-based content management, communication, and collaboration eLearning platform that addresses the specialized requirements for distance education in natural sciences. The federated architecture enables straightforward development, exchange, and publication of material through open standards like XML/MathML. The system will provide an open communication platform for dynamical information exchange and management in a pedagogical framework. Time effective communication during the educational process for undergraduate learners and under-graduate academic institutions, is obtained by exploring new interfaces as light pens and electronic blackboards.

This is being accomplished using clever marketing and interconnected blocking of cheaper technologies.

"They say mobile is the cellular network," Dr Bowles says. "That's a big misconception. There's the cellular network, wireless network and satellite technology. The misconception is it's all going to happen over the cellular network. There are extremely viable options beyond the mobile phone but there's a lot of ignorance about it." (leer más...)

DELAWARE, June 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Cheshire and Merseyside, Greater Manchester and Cumbria Strategic Health Authorities (SHAs) have joined forces to pilot the delivery of an educational package for their staff using the new Medify e-learning platform.

ADVERTISEMENTThe pilot phase of the initiative began this month, involving staff from GP surgeries, hospitals and Primary care Trusts from across all three SHA regions.

Neil Large, Director of Finance and I.T at Cheshire and Merseyside SHA explained: "The package, which is in line with the NHS National Training Programme, will utilise a combination of Medify's existing modules, which all have NHS Accreditation, and a number of locally tailored programmes. All users will have their own personal web based account where they can maintain their own educational portfolio.(leer más...)